Housing Authority Defense Attorneys

HADA, an organization of attorneys who perform defense work for HAI Group, hosts an annual seminar on various subjects of interest to our members and defense attorneys giving them the opportunity to network.

The 2010 HADA Seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 22, 2010. This will be in conjunction with HAI Group's 2010 Annual meetings at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. We will share more details as they become available.

CLE Accredited Sponsor

The sessions will be tentatively scheduled from 8 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (breakfast and lunch included)

Example Agenda (taken from 2009 seminar):

7:30 to 8:00 a.m.

  • Continental Breakfast

 
8:00 to 8:10 a.m.

  • Introduction and Welcome

 
 8:10 to 9:45 a.m.

  • How to Keep Things Private - Privacy Laws and Disclosure Issues
  • Case Study - Liability for Claims of Hostile Housing Environment (Tenant v. Tenant)
  • Case Study - HUD Debarment Actions Against Housing Authority Commissioners
  • Crisis Communications - Are You Prepared? How to Address Crises When They Occur.

 
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

  • The “New” ADA - ADA Amendments Act of 2008
  • Emerging Law - Medicaid & Medicare Tort Recovery Policies and Procedures
  • Ethics Discussion
    - Protecting Confidences
    - The Attorney-Client Privilege in the Organizational Context

 
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch

We encourage the involvement of member in-house General Counsels. If your housing authority’s counsel would be interested in attending and/or participating, please e-mail the contact information to Joyce Coleman (jcoleman@housingcenter.com).